Information
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Patent Grant
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6386958
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Patent Number
6,386,958
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Date Filed
Monday, August 14, 200024 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, May 14, 200222 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine is disclosed. In the present invention, one end of the support frame of the sanding module is provided with a driving roller having a motor, and the other end of the support frame is mounted with the reciprocating-type abrasive device having a driven roller, and the driven roller corresponds to the driving roller and both are surrounded by a sanding belt, and the reciprocating-type abrasive device comprises a driving structure and a reciprocating structure, and the reciprocating structure is mounted with a sanding wheel which reciprocates up and down by the driving structure, thereby the sanding wheel produces a reciprocating abrasive action and the entire sanding effect is improved.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, and in particular, to a sanding machine having a sanding module mounted with the reciprocating-type abrasive device at one end thereof such that the sanding particles can provide a tangent-like abrasive effect to a corresponding material to upgrade entire sanding effect thereof
(b) Description of the Prior Art
As wood material generally has relatively large amount of fibers, the surface thereof has to be treated in order to give a smooth surface so as to add value to the products formed from the material. Besides the treatment of the surface of the material internal holes of the wood material may also need treatment, and therefore an inner hole treating mechanism is supplemented to the sanding machine. Referring to
FIG. 1
, there is shown a conventional sanding machine having a machine body
10
mounted with a working platform
15
. One side of the platform
15
is provided with a sanding module
20
for the sanding of the surface of the wood material. The sanding module
20
has a support frame
21
with two ends respectively mounted with a driving roller
22
and a driven roller
23
. The driving roller
22
is connected to a motor
24
to drive a sanding belt (not shown) mounted around the driving roller
22
and the driven roller
23
. The inner hole sanding mechanism is mounted to the driving roller
22
by means of screw bolts
27
located on a shaft rod
26
having disposed with a sanding wheel
28
such that the sanding wheel
28
and the driving roller
22
rotate synchronously. That is, the rotation of the sanding wheel
28
is used to abrade the inner hole of the material.
However, the sanding wheel
28
of this conventional sanding machine provides a linear rotation, i.e., the position A on the sanding wheel
28
moves horizontally to the point A′. Thus, the material is polished in a linear manner. As the particles of the sanding wheel
28
contain very tiny gaps, the entire surface of the material cannot be polished. In other words, capillary holes on the surface of the material cannot be effectively removed. In addition, the entire surface will produce a “peak” or “valley” structure, and thus the surface of the material is rather rough. Additionally, the size of the material and the exertion force of the sanding wheel
28
on the material are not always constant, the exhaustion of particles of the sanding wheel
28
is not uniform. Thus, the surface of the sanding wheel
28
is irregular and the polished surface of the material will have similar irregularities, and the quality of the entire surface of the polished material is reduced. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, which can mitigate the drawbacks of the conventional sanding machine.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention is to provide reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, wherein one end of the support frame of the sanding module is provided with a driving roller having a motor, and the other end of the support frame is mounted with the reciprocating-type abrasive device having a driven roller, and the driven roller corresponds to the driving roller and both surround a sanding belt, and the reciprocating-type abrasive device comprises a driving structure and a reciprocating structure, and the reciprocating structure is mounted with a sanding wheel which reciprocates up and down by the driving structure, thereby the sanding wheel produces a reciprocating abrasive action and the entire sanding effect is improved.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, wherein a reciprocating type sanding module is provided to the sanding machine, and a reciprocating rotational movement is produced by the sanding wheel so that the quality of the polished material is improved.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a partial exploded perspective view of a conventional sanding machine, illustrating the combination of the sanding wheel.
FIG. 2
is a perspective view of the conventional sanding machine, illustrating the operation principle and the entire structure of the sanding machine.
FIG. 3
is a perspective exploded view of the sanding machine, illustrating the main structure constituted the machine in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 4
is a perspective exploded view of the driving structure, illustrating the components of the driving structure in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 5
is a perspective exploded view of the reciprocating structure, illustrating the components of the reciprocating structure in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 6
is a sectional view, schematically showing the combination of the sanding machine in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to
FIG. 3
, there is shown a reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine. The sanding machine has a machine body
50
having a working platform
55
at the top end. One side of the working platform
55
is mounted with an abrasive module
60
having a support frame
61
mounted with a driving roller
62
at one end of the frame
61
. One end of the driving roller
62
is mounted with a motor
63
which is used to drive the driving roller
62
. The other end of the support frame
61
is mounted with a reciprocating-type abrasive device
70
mounted with a driven roller
94
.
The driven roller
94
, corresponding to the driving roller
62
, can correspondingly be mounted with a sanding belt (not shown) to proceed with surface abrasion of material. The reciprocating-type abrasive device
70
comprises a driving structure
80
and a reciprocating structure
90
, and the reciprocating structure
90
is provided with a sanding wheel
120
which is driven by the driving structure
80
to proceed with up-down reciprocation movement so as to proceed with inner hole abrasion of the material.
Referring to
FIG. 3
, the lower edge of one end of the driving roller
62
is provided with a fixing board
64
having an opening
640
for the passage of the driver roller
94
. The lateral sides of the opening
640
of the bottom face of the fixing board
64
are respectively provided with a U-shaped rod frame
65
, and the reciprocating-type abrasive device
70
is provided with a fixing rod
71
. By means of a screw bolt
72
, the fixing rod
71
is fastened to both the support frame
61
and the two rod frames
65
. The driving structure
80
is mounted to the lateral wall of the horizontal section of the fixing rod
71
by screw bolts
73
. The reciprocating structure
90
is mounted at the top face of the horizontal section of the fixing rod
71
by means of screw bolts
74
. The middle section of the fixing rod
71
is provided with a hole
710
such that the driving structure
80
can activate the reciprocating structure
90
.
Referring to
FIGS. 3 and 4
, wherein the driving structure
80
is provided with a plurality of screw bolts
810
to fasten a housing
82
onto a servo-motor
81
, and a bearing
830
is provided to the housing
82
and is used to connected to a worm
83
of the servo-motor
81
. The lateral side of the housing
82
is mounted with a lateral covering plate
84
by means of screw bolts
840
. A worm gear
85
with a bearing
850
is pivotally mounted between the lateral covering plate
84
and the housing
82
, and the worm gear
85
and the worm
83
are in engagement with each other. One end of the worm gear
85
is provided with a main shaft
86
passing through the lateral covering plate
84
. The free end of the main shaft
86
is mounted with a sleeve
87
having an eccentric protrusion
870
, and a bearing
88
is mounted at the eccentric protrusion
870
to form the driving structure. After the lateral covering plate
84
is mounted to the fixing rod
71
, the bearing
88
is corresponding to the hole
710
at the center of the fixing rod
71
.
FIGS. 3
,
5
and
6
show the reciprocating structure
90
of the present invention, wherein screw bolts
911
are used to fasten a seat body
91
on the fixing rod
71
, and a step-like hollow protrusion
910
is formed on the seat body
91
, and a mounting sleeve
92
is used to slidably insert a top support rod
93
within the protrusion
910
. The top support rod
93
is protruded out from the hole
710
of the fixing rod
71
, and the top end is locked with a bearing
931
by means of screw bolts
930
. The bearing
931
is mounted with a sliding sleeve
932
. The external edge of the protrusion
910
of the seat body
91
has two bearings
940
to pivotally mount the driven roller
94
. A shaft sleeve
95
having a lip edge
950
is provided to the interior of the driven roller
94
, and the screw bolts
951
are used to fasten the shaft sleeve
95
onto the driven roller
94
.
The interior of the shaft sleeve
95
is provided with a tapered hole
952
and within the tapered hole
952
, a main shaft rod
96
having a larger sliding shaft section
960
is mounted thereto. There is an axial sliding slot
961
on the sliding shaft section
960
, and the shaft sleeve
95
is a positioning rod
953
which can be engaged with a sliding slot
961
, such that the main shaft rod
96
slides up and down of the shaft sleeve
95
. A pad
97
is mounted to the lower edge of the sliding shaft section
960
and is used to urge against with the shaft sleeve
95
. The lower section of the pad
97
is provided with a spring
98
. The bottom end of the main shaft
96
is provided with a limiting plate
99
mounted with screw bolts
990
for the urging with the spring
98
such that the main shaft rod
96
can urge against the sliding sleeve
932
of the top support rod
93
. The top support rod
93
urges against the bearing
88
of the driving structure
80
, and thus a reciprocating-type abrasive device having a sanding wheel
120
which reciprocates up and down is obtained.
The objectives and effectiveness of the present invention are described hereinafter. Referring to
FIGS. 3
,
4
and
6
, when the reciprocating abrasive device is required to abrade the inner hole of the material, the servomotor
81
at the driving structure
80
is initiated. Thus, the servomotor
81
via the worm
83
and the worm gear
84
causes a transmission main shaft
86
to rotate such that the bearing
88
on the eccentric protrusion
870
to produce an eccentric rotation, and the top support rod
93
of the reciprocating structure
90
urges the bearing
88
which rotates eccentrically, and the main shaft rod
96
urges at the top end of the top support rod
93
by the spring
98
, the top support rod
93
will move up and down in accordance with the eccentric rotation of the bearing
88
, and in turn, the main shaft rod
96
is also moved up and down corresponding to the driven roller
94
.
Accordingly, the sanding wheel
120
on the main shaft rod
96
will move up and down. At the same time, the driven roller
94
is driven by the driving roller
62
and the sanding belt, the driven roller
94
causes the main shaft rod
96
to rotate via the positioning rod
953
and the sanding wheel
120
also produces a reciprocating up and down rotational movement. This will cause the particles on the sanding wheel
120
to produce a tangential movement from point “a” towards point “b” and then to point “c”. Therefore, the gaps on the sanding particles can be overcome, and the capillary holes on the surface of the material are effectively removed. At the same time, the “peak” and “valley” formed on the surface of the material by the sanding particles are also mitigated and the polished material becomes fine and smooth. Besides, due to the movement of the sanding particles, the exhaustion of the surface of the sanding wheel is comparatively uniform and in turn, the flatness of the sanding surface is greatly improved and the quality of the entire material is effectively upgraded.
While the invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that modifications and improvements may be made to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention is not to be limited by the specific illustrative embodiment, but only by the scope of the appended claims.
Claims
- 1. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine having a machine body mounted with a sanding module at the top end of the machine body, the module being provided with a support frame having one end mounted with a driving roller having a driving motor, the other end of the support frame being a reciprocating-type sanding machine having a driven roller, the driven roller corresponding to the driving roller and both being surrounded by a sanding belt, the reciprocating-type abrasive device comprising a driving structure and a reciprocating structure, and the reciprocating structure mounted with a sanding wheel driven to reciprocate up and down by the driving structure, the reciprocating abrasive device disposed with a fixing rod mounted to the support frame, and the driving structure being mounted at the lateral wall of the horizontal section of the fixing rod, and the reciprocating structure being mounted at the top end of the horizontal section of the fixing rod, and a hole being formed on the middle section of the fixing rod such that the driving structure moves the reciprocating structure; and the driving structure using a servomotor to drive a main shaft having an eccentric protrusion at one free end thereof, a bearing corresponding to the fixing rod being mounted on the eccentric protrusion; the fixing rod being mounted onto the eccentric protrusion, the fixing rod mounted with a seat body having a hollow protrusion, and a top support rod being inserted within the hollow protrusion, the external edge of the protrusion being mounted with a hollow driven roller by means of a bearing, the driven roller being provided with a shaft sleeve having a tapered hole slidably mounted with a main shaft rod having an axial sliding slot, and the shaft sleeve being mounted with a positioning rod slidably mounted to the sliding slot such that the main shaft can slide up and down with respect to the shaft sleeve, and a pad being provided in between the shaft sleeve, and the main shaft rod, and the main shaft rod located at the lower section of the pad being mounted with a spring, and the bottom end of the main shaft rod being locked with a liming plate for the urging of the spring such that the main shaft rod urges at the top support rod, the top support rod pressing against the bearing of the driving structure, thereby the reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine is obtained.
- 2. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the support frame is provided with a fixing board having an opening allowing the passage of the driven roller, and the two lateral sides of the opening on the bottom surface of the fixing board are provided with two shaft frames to allow the fastening of the reciprocating abrasive device.
- 3. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the driving structure is a servomotor mounted with a housing, and within the housing, a worm is connected to the servomotor, the side of the housing is mounted with a lateral covering plate which can be mounted to the fixing rod, in between the lateral covering plate and the housing, a worm gear is mounted by means of a bearing, and the worm gear is engaged with the worm, and the main shaft is connected to the worm via the lateral covering plate.
- 4. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein the free end of the main shaft is mounted with a shaft sleeve and the end face of the shaft sleeve is formed into an eccentric protrusion.
- 5. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the seat body of the reciprocating structure is provided with a mounting sleeve to facilitate the effectiveness of sliding of the top support rod.
- 6. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1 or 5, wherein the top end of the top support rod of the reciprocating structure is mounted with a bearing by screw bolts, and the bearing is provided with a sliding sleeve so as to reduce frictional force of the top support rod and the main shaft rod.
- 7. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the external edge of the shaft sleeve of the reciprocating structure has an edge to allow the shaft sleeve to be mounted to the driven roller by screw bolts.
- 8. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the external edge of the main shaft rod of the reciprocating structure has a larger sliding rod section and the sliding slot is located on the sliding rod section.
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